Sumo
TOKYO (AP) - Yokozuna Musashimaru remained undefeated Wednesday with a solid win over Takanowaka on the fourth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. Musashimaru remains
tied for lead at
summer sumo tourneyFighting in the final bout at Ryogoku Kokugikan, Musashimaru used a series of arm thrusts to knock Takanowaka off balance and then finished off the No. 3 maegashira with a body check to the chest.
At 4-0, Musashimaru is tied for the lead of the 15-day tournament along with ozeki Chiyotaikai and Mongolian grappler Kyokushuzan.
Chiyotaikai came charging out of the face-off with several punishing blows to the throat of Toki and quickly dispatched the towering top maegashira for his fourth win. Toki dropped to 1-3.
In the day's only major upset, ozeki Tochiazuma suffered his first loss at the hands of No. 2 maegashira Tosanoumi. Tosanoumi took control at the outset and simply overwhelmed Tochiazuma with his superior size. Both wrestlers stand at 3-1.
Sekiwake Asashoryu, or Mongolian Dolgorsvren Dagvadrj, bounced back from Tuesday's loss to Tosanoumi with an impressive win over veteran Takanonami, a No. 2 maegashira.
Asashoryu, bidding for promotion to ozeki, got both arms on the sash of Takanonami after the face-off and lifted the winless former ozeki out over the straw ridge to improve to 3-1.
Ozeki Kaio bounced back from two straight defeats, shoving fourth-ranked maegashira Daizen out with several powerful shoves to the throat. Both wrestlers stand at 2-2.
Ozeki Musoyama had an easy time forcing out Tochinonada to pick up his third win. Komusubi Tochinonada is 2-2.
In an earlier bout, Kyokushuzan, or Mongolian Batbayer Davaa, continued to impress with a solid win over No. 9 maegashira Dejima. Kyokushuzan, a No. 10 maegashira, outmaneuvered Dejima and forced him over the edge to improve to 4-0. Dejima dropped to 3-1.
AT SUMMER SUMO
TOKYO, May 15 (Kyodo) - Results of makuuchi-division bouts Wednesday, the fourth day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan (+denotes juryo division wrestler):
Won Technique Lost Tochisakae 2-2 oshidashi +Terao 2-2 Hokutoriki 3-1 okuridashi Shimotori 2-2 Oikari 2-2 katasukashi Tochinohana 2-2 Asanowaka 2-2 hikiotoshi Hamanishiki 2-2 Tamanoshima 3-1 hatakikomi Buyuzan 2-2 Kyokushuzan 4-0 kubinage Dejima 3-1 Jumonji 1-3 yorikiri Chiyotenzan 0-4 Otsukasa 1-3 tsukiotoshi Kotoryu 2-2 Kaiho 2-2 hikiotoshi Wakanoyama 2-2 Kotonowaka 3-1 uwatenage Akinoshima 2-2 Takamisakari 1-3 yorikiri Tamakasuga 1-3 Miyabiyama 2-2 yorikiri Kyokutenho 2-2 Wakanosato 2-2 yorikiri Aminishiki 0-4 Asashoryu 3-1 yorikiri Takanonami 0-4 Musoyama 3-1 yorikiri Tochinonada 2-2 Tosanoumi 3-1 oshidashi Tochiazuma 3-1 Kaio 2-2 oshidashi Daizen 2-2 Chiyotaikai 4-0 oshidashi Toki 1-3 Musashimaru 4-0 oshidashi Takanowaka 0-4 THURSDAY'S BOUTS
+Takatoriki x - x Asanowaka Hokutoriki 0 - 0 Tochisakae Oikari 0 - 1 Shimotori Tochinohana 0 - 1 Tamanoshima Hamanishiki 1 - 2 Chiyotenzan Kyokushuzan 0 - 1 Buyuzan Jumonji 1 - 3 Kaiho Kotoryu 2 - 4 Wakanoyama Otsukasa 1 - 1 Dejima Kotonowaka 14 - 1 Tamakasuga Akinoshima 0 - 0 Takamisakari Kyokutenho 2 - 4 Takanowaka Aminishiki 0 - 1 Takanonami Asashoryu 3 - 1 Tochinonada Wakanosato 1 - 7 Chiyotaikai Musoyama 2 - 3 Daizen Miyabiyama 5 - 7 Tochiazuma Kaio 6 - 1 Toki Musashimaru 25 - 5 Tosanoumi
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